Convert Ruby Code To PHP (Vicurex API) - php

Question

I'm stuck trying to convert some sample Ruby API code from https://vircurex.com/welcome/api?locale=en to PHP. Here is the Ruby Code provided:
t = Time.now.gmtime.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S");
trx_id = Digest::SHA2.hexdigest("#{t}-#{rand}")
user_name = "MY_USER_NAME"
secret_word = "123456789"
tok = Digest::SHA2.hexdigest("#{secret_word};#{user_name};#{t};#{trx_id};create_order;sell;10;btc;50;nmc")
Order.call_https("https://vircurex.com", "/api/create_order.json?account=#{user_name}&id=#{trx_id}&token=#{tok}&timestamp=#{t}&ordertype=sell&amount=10&currency1=btc&unitprice=50&currency2=nmc")
def self.call_https(my_url,my_params)
uri = URI.parse(my_url)
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, '443')
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
response=""
resp=""
http.start do |http|
cmd = my_params
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(cmd)
response = http.request(req)
resp = response.body
end
return ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(resp)
end
Here is what I attempted to come up with so far in PHP, but i know nothing of Ruby, so it is hard to figure out what the original code is doing:
date_default_timezone_set("UTC");
$t = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time());
$trx_id = hash("sha256", $t."-".rand()); // i think this is wrong
$user_name = "MY_USER_NAME";
$secret_word = "123456789";
$tok = hash("sha256", $secret_word.";".$user_name.";".$t.";".$trx_id.";create_order;sell;10;btc;50;nmc");
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://vircurex.com/api/create_order.json?account=$username&id=$trx_id&token=$tok&timestamp=$t&ordertype=sell&amount=10&currency1=btc&unitprice=50&currency2=nmc");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
$resp = curl_exec($ch);
return json_decode($resp);
Can someone familiar with both languages please help me out? Thanks!
I get the following response with my code:
stdClass Object
(
[status] => 8003
[statustxt] => Authentication failed
)
So obviously, something is not being translated correctly. I just need to generate some working PHP code to use with the API listed. You can create an account to test the code if you like.

Answer 1

The problem is on two lines:
First, change this line:
$t = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time());
to:
$t = date("Y-m-d\TH:i:s", time());
And second, fix this:
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://vircurex.com/api/create_order.json?account=$username&id=$trx_id&token=$tok&timestamp=$t&ordertype=sell&amount=10&currency1=btc&unitprice=50&currency2=nmc");
by changing $username param into $user_name:
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://vircurex.com/api/create_order.json?account=$user_name&id=$trx_id&token=$tok&timestamp=$t&ordertype=sell&amount=10&currency1=btc&unitprice=50&currency2=nmc");
I successfully received a valid response from Vircurex with another API call, as the create_order API is currently disabled as reported on Vircurex site. In any case, I've had no authentication problems.